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Busy Circuit Court term wraps up

The summer Oktibbeha County Circuit Court term wrapped up Friday with a down-to-the wire rush of sentencings and arraignments on Grand Jury indictments.
The two-week court term, which had been preceded by a week-and-a-half-long session of the Grand Jury, saw a total of 117 arraignments on Grand Jury indictments and the sentencings of 101 suspects after guilty pleas were made or revocations of suspended sentences and post-release supervision occurred, according to a tally by the Daily News staff.
Judges Lee Howard and Jim Kitchens were on the bench during the court term. The next Circuit Court term is scheduled for mid-October.

Sentencings

In Circuit Court action Thursday and Friday, the following defendants were sentenced after pleading guilty or having prior suspended sentences, probation or post-release supervision revoked. They are listed by name, charges, sentence, fines and restitution (any similarities in name to other individuals in the community is purely coincidental):
• Joshua Turnage, burglary of a building, 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $750 in restitution.
• Tristan Conner, sale of Benzylpiperazine, 1 year in the Oktibbeha County Jail and 5 years of probation (on a 12-year suspended sentence), $5,000 fine.
• Whitney Houry, identity theft, sentencing set for Oct. 18.
• Brian Whitfield, possession of 10 dosage units of amphetamine, 1 year in the Intensive Supervision/House Arrest program followed by 5 years of probation (on a 15-year suspended sentence), $500 fine, $250 in restitution to the Starkville Police Department.
• Alexander Gibson, three counts of sale of between 30 and 250 grams of marijuana, 2 years in the Intensive Supervision/House Arrest program (on a 3-years suspended sentence), $1,500 fine.
• Andrew Marino, possession of 3 dosage units of LSD, 5 years of probation, $2,000 fine.
• Jessica Sephus, two counts of felony false pretense, two counts of identity theft, 3-year suspended sentence, $1,000 fine, $650 restitution.
• Brad Kidder, conspiracy to distribute between 30 and 250 grams of marijuana, 6 months in the county jail and 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $1,000 fine.
• Keylon Pittman, conspiracy to distribute between 30 and 250 grams of marijuana, 6 months in the county jail and 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $1,000 fine.
• John Campbell, possession of between 2 and 10 grams of cocaine, 10 years in prison, $1,000 fine.
• Jeramie Toney, three counts of false pretense, identity theft, 5 years of probation (on a 10-year suspended sentence), $750 fine, $500 in restitution.
• Terrian Cannon, uttering a forgery, 1 year in the Intensive Supervision/House Arrest program followed by 5 years of probation (on a 10 year suspended sentence).
• Samuel Gilmer, sale of between 30 and 250 grams of marijuana, sale of less than 30 grams of marijuana, 4 years in prison (12 years of a 16-year sentence suspended), $1,500 fine.
• Jared Henley, sale of cocaine, 1 year in the county jail and 5 years of probation (on a 15-year suspended sentence), $5,000 fine.
• Kashonda Elliott, felony shoplifting, 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $250 in restitution.
• Clayton Thigpen, burglary of a building, 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $750 fine.
• Tommy Croft, 5 years in prison after post-release supervision revoked for a prior burglary of an automobile conviction.
• Delmetric Henderson, 5 years in prison after post-release supervision revoked for a prior conviction for possession of between .1 and 2 grams of cocaine.
• Bruce Rice, possession of between .1 and 2 grams of cocaine, 5 years of probation, $750 fine.
• Mark Sutton, sale of less than 30 grams of marijuana, 3 years of probation, $500 fine.
• Amy Salyer, conspiracy to sell between 30 and 250 grams of marijuana, 5 years of non-adjudicated probation, $500 fine.
• Rochquel Johnson, uttering a forgery, sentencing set for Oct. 18.

• An earlier Circuit Court report incorrectly identified a suspect charged with sale or transfer of diazepam. The correct suspect is Danny Fulgham Jr.
• Another Circuit report also may have caused confusion in the arraignment of a suspect charged with possession of less than 3 dosage units of LSD. The John T. Foley arraigned that charge is not the John T. Foley in the community who is 61 years old.